Saturday, May 5, 2012
Gay May-4-12
4:47 AM | 
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Sharp's Travels
We were at it early again this morning. I worked on washing Grandma’s park model and storage shed. Cheri took Grandma to have her hair cut, Wal-Mart for groceries and to the bank. It was another hot and mostly cloudy day with a high of 93 degrees. I was glad that it was cloudy as that made it seem not so hot working. It was around 12:30 pm when I got done with that and headed home to start another project when Cheri arrived. So we had lunch and then I went back to Grandma’s to do some painting in the bath room and bedroom where she had had a leak this past summer. Cheri worked on the insurance for Grandma’s park model. We got a letter in the mail saying we might not be able to renew the insurance with the same company. So Cheri was calling the agent and trying to find out more information before we head out for the summer. She was told someone will call back (still waiting). When I got done at Grandma’s I took a few more things done to the storage shed and brought back a couple of things that I still needed to use. I spent the rest of the afternoon vacuuming the truck out inside. We had a lap desk break that was full of little beads of Styrofoam, what a job trying to get them all vacuumed up. This evening we had tickets to a murder mystery dinner in Tampa. We had to be there by 6:30 pm and had to leave here at 5:30 pm. It should only take about 45 minutes to get there but with the traffic it took just over an hour. There were several tables and each table had one person that was part of the murder mystery. Yep for some reason I was picked to be the person from our table. The story line was from the 1920’s being held in an old speak easy. My part was a bootlegger that wasn’t happy about someone else coming into my territory. It was fun but I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn’t been a player as I would have had more time to visit and eat my dinner which was pretty good. At the end of the play each table had to write down who they thought was the murder. Cheri and I thought it was a person different than the other people at our table. As it turned out our table guess was wrong and Cheri and I had it right. Would we do this one again, not sure, it was ok but we like the ones that all the players are professionals. It was after 10:00 pm when we got home. We are supposed to have pictures of the evening e-mailed to us and maybe I will post some of them if they turn out.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Gay May-3-12
7:33 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
We had our first 90 degree day with high humidity. And I had pick today to move the old shed to the people’s lot that bought it. It took me a while this morning to get the tie downs removed and the trailer hooked up to the truck. Cheri was a big help and there was no way I could have done it without her. We got it loaded and all the concrete blocks as we could drop the block off by the new shed. We were just starting to unload it when Bud Randolph came along and helped us. It was much easier unloading then loading it. After we got it unloaded we had about 100 feet that we had to move it. We tried putting a tarp under the shed and pulling it but the shed was too heavy. So we slid it from side to side (walked it) until we got it where we needed it to be. Then we went back up to Buds to drop off the blocks and sat and visited with him and Verlin. After lunch Cheri and I worked outside. Cheri vacuumed out Grandma’s van and washed the windows. I worked on getting the old storage shed tie downs out and some more cleaning of the basement and how I am going to arrange things, have to make room for the generator. We quit at 3:00 pm and took our showers and then rested the rest of the day along with an hour nap.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Gay May-2-12
8:13 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Well I finished washing the 5th wheel today; all that is left to do is a little caulking that I told you about yesterday. Cheri found some more things that she can put in the storage shed while are gone this summer. It was noon when I got done with the 5th wheel washing and was ready for my shower. After lunch we went to Grandma’s bank, she had charges that were put on her account for $3.95 a month. We found out about this a year ago and they were supposed to be removed. Last month I see that the charges were still there and went to the bank to have them removed. Well the charges showed up again this month, so you know I wasn’t a happy camper. They told me that the service is provided by an outside contractor. They said that someone on the account started them again. Well Grandma doesn’t even know how to get to the account by internet and I only look at the account from time to time to see how Grandma is doing. So they said it was put on by Glen Sharp. Well I said that was a good trick as he passed away two years ago. So now they have set the account for looking only, changes can only be done by going to the bank. Then we headed the grocery store to pick up some groceries for the church food pantry. Then a quick stop at Lowe’s to get a small tube of caulk to finish the 5th wheel. This evening was our last Life Group gathering; we had a potluck dinner and a lot of visiting. Sure am going to miss our weekly gathering. The next Life Group starts late summer and we won’t be around for it as we don’t get back to Florida until November.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Gay May-1-12
7:35 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
It was back to washing on the 5th wheel this morning. All I have left to wash is the front and the awning, hope to finish tomorrow. It was near noon before I got done, I wanted to finish today but the old body would take anymore. When I came in to shower Cheri was working on her quilt and had run into couple of problems, the directions were wrong and she didn’t have enough material. So this afternoon we headed to the quilt shop in Hudson. Cheri showed her the directions and she was surprised that there was a mistake in them. She also had missed counted on the strips of material so she cut some more for Cheri, she apologized and gave Cheri the strips. When we got home I headed over to Lowe’s to pick up some caulk as I found one spot I forgot to caulk and another place with a couple of broken screws. So far I have replaced over 100 broken screws since we have owned this 5th wheel. I went down to the office to see if I could move the old shed and they had checked where it was going and gave me the ok to move it. So now I can add that to my list of things to do. Ok, now about our trip this summer. We plan on leaving here on the 11th and go to Branson, Missouri for 6 days to take in a few show and the main one we want to see is Joseph. Mike and Pam will be there also for a few of the same days we are. I am going to see if we can get together to play another game of Hand, Knee and foot. Pam and Cheri won the last game we played and have bragging rights all summer, Mike and I need to see if we can change that. After Branson we will head to Smith Center, Kansas to have work done our 5th wheel at the factory. Then we will head to Colorado to see my cousin and maybe spend a month touring around the state. Then to the Black Hills for awhile, North Dakota, up state Minnesota, Wisconsin for the fall season, back to Florida for the winter. Of course 90 percent of this is subject for change.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Gay April-30-12
6:40 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
It’s the last day of April, not sure where the month went. But when I think about when my motorcycle riding buddies left, it seems like a long time ago. Well it was a busy day for the Sharp’s. I worked on washing the 5th wheel and Cheri went over to finish up Grandma’s spring cleaning. I was done washing for the day at 1:00 pm and went in and took my shower. Cheri came home a short time later, so it was another late lunch. This afternoon we finally made a decision on when and where we are going when we leave here for the summer. So Cheri started looking for things to see and do. While Cheri was doing the trip search I started taking things out of the basement that we can get along without this summer. At 4:00 pm we headed up to Mike and Pam’s to work on getting their computer set up on Skype, we took our computer with us so we could make a few test calls to make sure everything worked ok. After we were done with that Pam showed us how to do a few things on Facebook. Then we headed up to Dade City to have a Greek salad at Franzoli Restaurant, they have the best Greek salads of any place we have been to. When we got back to Mike and Pam’s, Pam said we have to finish the Game of cards that we had started the last time we were there. Mike and I were ahead before we finished the game but the final outcome was Pam and Cheri won. When we got home we talked about our trip this summer and have changed our plans once again. I will tell you more tomorrow about our trip because we may change it again and it was time to watch Dancing with the Stars.
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